Fence-post



(No Model.)

B. T. LIKES, H. B HEDGE & Gr. 0. BAKER.

FENCE POST.

Patented May 15,1883.

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ELBRIDGE T. LIKES, OE VVINTERSET, AND HUGH B. HEDGE AND GEORGE C. BAKER,OF DES MOINES, IOWA.

FENCE-POST.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 277,493, dated. May 15,1883;

I Application filed September 4, 1882. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that we, ELBRIDGE 'I. LIKES, of Winterset, in the county ofMadison, in the State of Iowa, and HUGH B. HEDGE and GEORGE U. BAKER, ofDes Moines, in the county of Polk, in said State, have invented certainnew and useful Improvements in Fence- Posts, of which the following is'aspecification.

This invention relates to fence-posts, and is designed to combinetherein the advantage of great cheapness and facility of manufacturewith durability and efficiency.

The invention consists in the novel construction of such postshereinafter sett'orth.

In the accompanying drawings, which form a part of this specification,and in which similar letters of reference indicate like parts, Figure 1is a side view ofa device embodying our invention. Fig. 2 is a centralvertical section, and Fig. 3 is a horizontal section, of the same.

In the drawings, A A represent the short hollow sections of burned clayof which the post is composed. These sections may he of any desiredlength and diameter, but preferably from one foot to one foot and.one-half in length, and from one to three or four inches in interiordiameter. The ends-of the sections are provided with ott'set shouldersa, bell all the sections together and at the same time permit someflexibility between the different sections attheir joints. As many ofthese wires may be employed as desired; but we find about fourordinarily sufficient when made of about No. 12 or 13 wire. The endsofthese wires may be secured to the end sections of the post by beinginserted through holes therein, as shown, or bent around the endthereof; or the ends of two or more of the wires may be twistedtogether; or they may be secured in any othersuitable manner.

0 c are slight longitudinal grooves in the sections, in which the wires0 may lie.

The staples d, for securing the fence-wires to the post, may be driventhrough holes [1 in the post and their ends clinched.

The sections A may be transported readily from place to place, and maybe put together in the field, so that the farmer, by buying the tile andWire, can make his own posts without difficulty.

We claim- The farm-fence post composed of short burned hollowclay-sections united by longitudinal wires secured to the end sections,sub- 60 stantially as set forth.

ELBRIDGE T. LIKES. HUGH B. HEDGE. GEORGE o. BAKER.

Witnesses to signature of Elbridge T. Likes:

J. C. LIKEs, T. O. GILPIN. Witnesses to signatures of Hugh B. Hedge andGeo. 0. Baker:

0. A. DUDLEY, THOS. UHADWIGK.

